12-letter words that end in ian
- hippocrepian — (of an aquatic organism or plant) shaped like a horseshoe
- hollywoodian — a person who works for the motion-picture industry located in Hollywood, Calif.
- humanitarian — having concern for or helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people.
- hypophrygian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the fourth of the eight scales
- indo-iranian — a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including the Indic and Iranian subgroups.
- jeffersonian — pertaining to or advocating the political principles and doctrines of Thomas Jefferson, especially those stressing minimum control by the central government, the inalienable rights of the individual, and the superiority of an agrarian economy and rural society.
- justinianian — of or relating to Justinian I or the Byzantine dynasty (a.d. 518–610) named after him.
- khachaturian — Aram Ilich [ar-uh m il-yich;; Russian uh-rahm ee-lyeech] /ˈær əm ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian ʌˈrɑm iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–78, Armenian composer.
- korsakoffian — relating to or suffering from Korsakoff's psychosis
- laboratorian — a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
- labyrinthian — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- levalloisian — of, relating to, or characteristic of a distinctive late Lower and Middle Paleolithic method of preparing a stone core so that preformed thin, oval or triangular flakes with sharp edges could be struck from it.
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- machiavelian — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- majoritarian — of, relating to, or constituting a majority: majoritarian democracy.
- mesopotamian — an ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq.
- minimifidian — Having a minimal amount of faith.
- monodelphian — any placental mammal that is a member of the group Monodelphia
- montessorian — a system for teaching young children, in which the fundamental aim is self-motivated education by the children themselves, as they are encouraged to move freely through individualized instruction and physical exercises, accompanied by special emphasis on the training of the senses and the early development of reading and writing skills.
- neo-freudian — of or relating to a group of psychoanalytic thinkers whose modifications of Freudian analytic theory place increased emphasis on ego functions and interpersonal relationships.
- new canadian — a recent immigrant to Canada
- new egyptian — the Egyptian language, c. 1600-700 b.c.
- non-civilian — a person who is not on active duty with a military, naval, police, or fire fighting organization.
- non-riparian — of, relating to, or situated or dwelling on the bank of a river or other body of water: riparian villas.
- nonagenarian — of the age of 90 years, or between 90 and 100 years old.
- noncircadian — Not circadian.
- nonlibrarian — one who is not a librarian
- nonnewtonian — Not Newtonian.
- nonphysician — a person who is not a physician
- nonsectarian — not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination.
- northumbrian — of or relating to Northumbria, Northumberland, or the inhabitants or dialect of either.
- nothingarian — A person of no particular beliefs.
- nova scotian — a peninsula and province in SE Canada: once a part of the French province of Acadia. 21,068 sq. mi. (54,565 sq. km). Capital: Halifax.
- obstetrician — a physician who specializes in obstetrics. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
- octagenarian — One who is between the ages of 80 and 89, inclusive.
- octogenarian — of the age of 80 years.
- old prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
- onomastician — the study of the origin, history, and use of proper names.
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- ovolactarian — lacto-ovo-vegetarian.
- paleo-indian — of, relating to, or characteristic of a New World cultural stage, c22,000–6000 b.c., distinguished by fluted-point tools and cooperative hunting methods.
- paradoxidian — relating to the genus Paradoxides
- parkinsonian — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, related to, or resembling Parkinson's disease.
- pecksniffian — hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
- pediatrician — a physician who specializes in pediatrics.
- petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.
- postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
- postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
- prehistorian — an authority on or specialist in prehistory